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Volume 1 Songjiang Mansion Chapter 350 Marching into Shengjing

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    In 1388 AD, the King of Goryeo sent the capital commander Li Chenggui to attack Liaodong. Li Chenggui returned from Waihua Island on the Yalu River to occupy the capital Kaesong and launched a coup.  In 1392, he deposed the King of Goryeo and proclaimed himself king. He changed the country's name to Joseon and made its capital Hanyang (today's Seoul, South Korea). It was called the Joseon Dynasty in history.  Later, Lee's Korea continued to be a dependent state of various Chinese dynasties for a long time.

    The Joseon Dynasty implemented a policy of promoting Confucianism and rejecting Buddhism.  Be pragmatic towards China.  From 1416 to 1449, North Korea established the "Four Northwest Counties" on the east bank of the Yalu River and the "Six Northeastern Towns" on the south bank of the Tumen River, driving some Jianzhou Jurchens into China.  Among them is Nurhaci¡¯s ancestor Mengge Timur.  In 1592, Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent 160,000 troops to invade North Korea for the first time and occupied Hanyang and Pyongyang for a time.  King Li Huo of North Korea repeatedly sent envoys to the sovereign Ming Dynasty for help, and the Ming Dynasty sent troops to aid the country.  In 1593, the Ming Dynasty and Japan began to negotiate peace.  In 1597, Japan's Toyotomi Hideyoshi sent about 170,000 land and sea troops to invade North Korea for the second time. After North Korea asked for help, the Ming Dynasty aided North Korea again.  In 1598, the Japanese army was repulsed.  Korean history is called the "Imjin Japanese Rebellion", and China is called the "Wanli Korean War".  In 1618, the Ming Dynasty and Hou Jin fought, and North Korea sent troops to assist the Ming Dynasty.  In 1623, there was an internal coup in Korea and King Li Hui was deposed without authorization.  Yuan Keli, the governor of Denglai in the Ming Dynasty, sternly advocated "waiting for China to be more established."  In 1636, Hou Jin conquered the entire territory of North Korea, and the Korean king Li Zhu surrendered. He instead paid tribute to Hou Jin and became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty.

    After learning that Zhang Lei had landed in North Korea with an army of more than 200,000 people, King Li Ju of North Korea personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to the border to greet him.

    Zhang Lei couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Zhu bringing all the civil and military officials to the border. It seemed that North Korea was still accustomed to the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Those Tatars were so unpopular even in running a vassal state.

    "I am Zhang Lei, the Prince Consort of the Ming Dynasty. I have met His Majesty the King." Zhang Lei came to Li Zhuang and said with a slight bow with his hands clasped in his fists, even though it was just a vassal state.  But he is still a king after all, and he still has the necessary etiquette.

    Li Zhu smiled and said: "Oh, envoys of the Heavenly Kingdom, we have been waiting for you for a long time. We hope that the divine army of the Heavenly Kingdom can help North Korea defeat the Manchu invaders. I, Li Zhu, am here to greet you.  Express thankfulness."

    "I came here this time to discuss this matter with you, the king, but it is not a good place to discuss things here. Otherwise, let's" Zhang Lei said.

    Li Jian immediately realized that this was the junction of the Ming Empire, the Manchu Empire and the Korean Empire. In addition, with the strong east wind, it was indeed not a good place to talk, so he quickly said: "Look, look.  I was so happy that I forgot about myself when I met the envoys from the higher country. It is really a sin. I heard that you are coming, but I have actually prepared a place for you. Please come with me."

    So under the leadership of Li Shu, a group of people followed him to Pyongyang, North Korea.

    Along the way.  The troops of the Ming Dynasty received a warm welcome. Looking at the sincere smiling faces of the Korean people, Zhang Lei suddenly felt that everything he had done was very worthwhile.  Li Zicheng, who followed, seemed to be influenced by this scene, with a slight smile on his face. Zhang Lei saw it and was happy in his heart.

    Of course, just as far as Zhang Lei led his troops into North Korea was concerned, some people were happy and some were worried.  The happy thing is that the Lee Dynasty of North Korea is expected to be under the control of the Qing Dynasty.  There are two families that are worried. One family is naturally the Huang Taiji family that suffered successive defeats at the hands of Zhang Lei, while the other family is Chongzhen.  Yes, it was Chongzhen. He was very happy to learn that Zhang Lei had defeated the Manchu soldiers in the north one after another.  However, Zhang Lei's entry into North Korea caused quite a stir in both the government and the public. Everyone believed that the domestic turmoil had not yet reached its peak, so immediately leading his troops into North Korea was a waste of time and money.  Naturally, the ministers below also made various accusations against Zhang Lei and belittled him to the point of being worthless.  For this reason, Chongzhen gave Zhang Lei an order to return home. How could Zhang Lei pay attention to him? He only replied that the general's military orders abroad would not be accepted, and stopped paying attention to him.  Although Chongzhen was angry, even filled with rage, he could do nothing.  He was not Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, and he did not have Qin Hui by his side. He dared to win twelve gold medals in a row to recall him.

    At this time, it was Zhang Xianzhong's proud time.  On the 25th of the first lunar month, Zhang Xianzhong attacked Qizhou.  Hao Chengzhong, a general in Prince Jing's palace, secretly communicated with Zhang Xianzhong to lead his troops to attack the city.  Xu Wenqi, the governor of the state, fired artillery and killed many rebels.  In the middle of the night, with heavy snowfall, Zhang Xianzhong broke through the west gate and entered the city. Wen Qi and his commander Yue Bi were captured and killed.  On March 25th, Zhang Xianzhong led his army from Qizhou to invade Huangzhou. Zhu Tong, who was also aware of the attack, died in battle.  Many Huangzhou residents abandoned their homes and fled.  Huanggang magistrate Sun Ziyi, county magistrate Wu Wenxie, and Wei commander Guo Yizhong all died.  Counties around Huangzhou.

    Of course, these are all habitual offenders. During this period of time,?Someone formed a new rebel organization. This person came from the army of Zuo Liangyu, who had repeatedly taken advantage of Zhang Lei.  The reason was that many of Zuo Liangyu's troops surrendered and rebelled, and they were unruly and unruly.  In March of the 16th year of Chongzhen, General Wang Yun became the leader of the rebellion. With more than 100,000 troops, he came down from Jiujiang, destroyed Jiande, robbed Chiyang, anchored in Sanshan and Digang, and seized all civilian ships to carry troops.  Li Banghua, the imperial censor of the capital, sued Zuo Liangyu and paid him 150,000 taels of silver from the Jiujiang treasury, and joined his army to comfort him. Zuo Liangyu's army was at peace.

    The situation was turbulent, and Chongzhen also opened up his voice, hoping to come up with a solution.

    On the fourteenth day of March, the great scholar Wu Di reported to Chen Jibing and his troops.  He said: Today we must mobilize troops and raise funds to consolidate the south of the Yangtze River, and then restore the north of the Yangtze River, and Wuchang and Jiujiang will be the key points.  The thieves have no less than 200,000 to 300,000 elite soldiers, and we cannot fight unless we have 100,000 soldiers.  Sun Chuanting was defeated, and there were not many soldiers left to deal with. It was necessary to wait for the captives to retreat, and reinforcements from the border towns were transferred to Qinzhong to listen to Sun Chuanting's selection and deployment to suppress the bandits.  The military strength is Shaohou.  It is advisable for the minister to go to Jinling and rush towards Jiujiang and Wuchang. He will proceed and stop at the right time. He can also mobilize troops and pay to support the north of the Yangtze River.  The governor of Guizhou mobilized troops from Qin, Shu, Jin, Henan, Ying, Anhui, and Jianghuai to control the danger.  Emperor Chongzhen followed his advice and decided to set up 20,000 pacesetters.

    Soon after, Ni Yuanlu, the right minister of the Ministry of War, reported to Chen Shizheng.  He said: Today's original plan lies in the master's technique.  Practice benevolence and righteousness, promote discipline, cherish talents, advocate integrity, and be determined.  One comment: Believe in the edict, be careful about punishments and rewards, and be loyal and devoted to the enemy, so there is no need to worry about failure in achieving great success.  There is no day of peace!  Whenever I encounter soldiers and generals along the way, I always say that the enemy is really difficult to kill. As for the people who are dying, they all say that the enemy is real and can be conquered.  The elite cavalry troops stretch for dozens of miles, and the conflicts are unpredictable.  The shape is also: the soldiers will be shocked when they see it, there are not many real enemies, there are too many Liao people, and the enemies have returned to the camp, they are scattered and sparse, and the night is full of lust.  They bowed and fell asleep, but they were also timid and afraid of death. If they failed even slightly, they would cry together.  Moreover, every time the Liao people visited the Western captives, they had a weak ambition. This is what refugees know when they enter the enemy's territory.  The husband attacks the shape with force, and attacks the emotion with strategy.  None of the ministers in the industry are capable of making plans.  One is to cover up the investigation, the few cannot defeat the crowd, and the weak cannot defeat the strong.  Although there are casual victories from time to time but great successes are unknown, there is more than enough defense but not enough attack.  As for the situation of our troops, they are only weak.  I went to Huaishang.  In this important town in the world, Fuyuan's pacesetters are less than three thousand, and their daily pay is less than five cents.  Fu Chen Shi Kefa was the most loyal and brave man. When the enemy attacked Huaibei, he only drew the river and defended it to prevent the enemy from crossing south.  There are less than a thousand native soldiers in Jinan and Dezhou.  There are only three thousand pacesetters in Shandong, and their pay is the same as that of Huaishang.  None of the reinforcements seen from Yingtian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi had any vests.  The salary is less than four cents.  Tang Tong, the commander-in-chief, is now a famous general.  The commander of the army was less than three thousand, and he once said to his ministers: "I will not kill the enemy."  Exhausting all the world's wealth to support the army, but the army is so hungry, it is better to have more soldiers, but it is also like this when the pay is thin and the soldiers are few.  I sincerely do not know my enemy.  Now the enemy is divided into two groups: east and west. The spies on the east route reach Dacheng, Qingxian County, and the spies on the west route move from Dingzhou to the west along the bridge.  The ministers must wait until the two banners face each other. The west road starts from Baoding and clashes with Liang and Zhuo, then turns to the east and joins the exit.  It is advisable to gather all the troops from all walks of life and attack the east road before the enemy joins forces.  Don't attack the head and tail, avoid the strong front, use surprise to set up ambushes, and go straight to the core.  Whenever the enemy's baggage and refugees are placed in the center, and a sudden attack is made, the refugees will be in chaos and the situation will be broken.  Since the east route collapsed, the two routes did not dare to go east, and the situation had to be consolidated. Long Er Pass was in danger, so the three routes of Shanxi, Xuanda, and Baoding were united with heavy troops to cover up the pursuit and flank attack, and they could still succeed.  Such a great creation will never come back.  Now that the enemy has divided his troops, he will also divide them with us. We are afraid that the enemy will not be able to reunite if he joins forces.  The enemy was fighting to the death with all his strength, and then he turned over and passed on the mat, who was there again?  The minister sent the Liao people to repay their merits and recaptured the refugees and livestock, and spread the emperor's cloth. This is nothing more than a drop of nine oxen. It is urgent to pass on the order. Now the opportunity to guard the invaders lies in having enough wealth to secure the people.  In my humble opinion, when I supervise and supervise the march, I must use a false handle, and all the work of garrisoning and casting õº? will be done at my own convenience.  It is said that if you spend a lot of money, your winning spirit will come out.  In the past Song Dynasty, all the families of the border generals lived in the hands of the county magistrates, and all the city rent and taxes were donated to them.  Every general has a golden scholar and an ox-wine draftsman.  At the end of the Song Dynasty, there were many famous generals.  For this reason, the method of controlling generals must make it easier to be rich than to be noble; to be extremely noble is to be arrogant; to be extremely wealthy is to be courageous.  Waiting for the Holy Judge.

    The words are divided into two parts, each containing one paragraph.  Zhang Lei knew that the group of people in the court must be talking bad about him now, but he never cared about it. Those people were just full and had nothing to do. The words "empty talk and harming the country" are for this kind of people.  prepare.  Zhang Lei still goes his own way. He knows what he is doing, he also knows why he is doing it, and he even knows what the purpose of doing it is. That is enough. Ever since he recruited soldiers and trained the new army, he has decided to do it.  To save this country in his own way, even Chongzhen is not going to listen to his words.

    Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed in a military camp less than twenty miles away from the imperial palace in Pyongyang. With Zhang Lei's support, Li Zhu drove all the Qing court forces out. Although the Qing army was very angry,  But under Zhang Lei's threat, he had to do it. In this way, after half a month of hard work, Li Zhu drove all the Qing court forces out of North Korea, and then, under Zhang Lei's instigation, wrote a letter to Chongzhen stating that  Willing to bow to the Ming court.

    After receiving the surrender document from Li Zhu, Chongzhen seemed very happy. This was to make him look good.One thing, the hatred towards Zhang Lei also felt lighter at this moment.

    In the Joseon Palace in Pyongyang, Zhang Lei and Li Zhu were discussing how to fight against the Qing army in the study. Zhang Lei had already made up his mind to completely annihilate the Manchu and Qing Tatars. Like the previous Yamato nation, they were basically  No need to exist in this world.  However, the reasons may be somewhat different. The reason why Zhang Lei annihilated the Yamato nation is that this nation seems to have had countless dirty qualities since it was born, such as being arrogant and stupid.  The reason why Zhang Lei annihilated the Tatars is that this is a short-sighted nation, a stubborn nation, and a barbaric nation. If they remain in this world, they will be a scourge.

    According to the countermeasures discussed by Zhang Lei and Li Shu, Li Shu mobilized all the troops in the country to deploy defenses along the Dandong-Linjiang line. There was no need to attack. Zhang Lei's only request for them was to prevent the Qing army from entering North Korea.  Zhang Lei, on the other hand, led his people out of North Korea and marched southwest from Hohhot, all the way to Shenyang, making sure to cause as much damage to the Qing army as possible.

    It is already March, and the snow on the grassland has begun to melt. With the moisture of this snow water, the pasture grows very luxuriantly, and the green land looks very comfortable.  But after Zhang Lei's hundreds of thousands of troops passed by, even the best grass was ruined.

    In Shengjing, Dorgon received news that the second wave of troops had also failed. He was almost angry to death. He tried hard to restrain himself. He would never fall. Everything in the court was under his control.  Dealing with it, if he falls now, the court will really be in ruins. Except for him, Huang Taiji's sons have not grown up yet.

    On this day, he suddenly received an order from Huang Taiji to enter the palace quickly. He didn't understand what happened, but his consciousness told him that it was definitely not a good thing.  He didn't dare to neglect, packed up his things and hurried over.

    "What happened?" Before entering the room, Dorgon saw Shuosei and asked quickly.

    Shuosai said in a low voice: "Uncle Huang, I don't know who told Huang Ama the news about the front line. Huang Ama passed out three times this morning because of this matter. It seems that his condition has worsened again."

    "Who said that? Aren't you in here? Why didn't you stop me?" Dorgon said anxiously.

    Shuosei defended himself and said, "You can't blame me. The imperial doctor asked me to go out to fetch medicine. When I came back, Huang Ama was already like that. I asked the maids here and they all said no one came. It's really strange.  It's a ghost, no one came in, so who told Huang Ama the news?" (To be continued.)
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